Traci Hercher is a filmmaker based in New York whose work explores systems of power and belief through portraiture.
Her work has been supported by a MacDowell Fellowship, residencies at MASS MoCA, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and NARS Foundation, as well as grants from Lightpress and the Puffin Foundation. Her films have screened internationally at festivals and venues including Visions du Reel, the DocYard, Walker Art Center, San Diego Underground Film Festival, Process Festival, Revolutions per Minute Festival, AcreTV.org, Artists’ Television Access, and the Nightingale. She served as a Juror in the Best Feature Competition for the IDA Documentary Awards in 2023.
She is also an educator and has taught at Ithaca College, New York Film Academy, and Binghamton University.